Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)

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From: Viet-Trung Luu
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 09:17

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On 28 Sep 1995, Scott Schwartz wrote:

> ALEF is a concurrent language.  With respect to that feature, one
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> Pragmatically, ALEF does much better.

But what about its syntax? (How C-like is it? In what ways does it 
differ from C? What about object-orientation?) And, more importantly, is 
it safer than C?

- Trung

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